Stats: .302/.423/.646. 46 HRs, 96 runs, 141 RBIs. 6.9 WAR, 6.3 oWAR, .440 wOBA. Skinny: Diamond Jim picked a terrible time to have his incredible season -- 1961 was the same year that Maris and Mickey Mantle competed to break Babe Ruth's record 60-homer season. Those two received all the...

Stats: .302/.423/.646. 46 HRs, 96 runs, 141 RBIs. 6.9 WAR, 6.3 oWAR, .440 wOBA. Skinny: Diamond Jim picked a terrible time to have his incredible season -- 1961 was the same year that Maris and Mickey Mantle competed to break Babe Ruth's record 60-homer season. Those two received all the... (Handout photo)

Stats: .297/.396/.637. 50 HRs, 117 runs, 110 RBIs. 6.9 WAR, 7.3 oWAR, .431 wOBA. Skinny: Anderson's career year is often brushed aside because of the video-game stats that players in the mid-1990s and early 2000s produced and the fact that he never came close to duplicating his power numbers...

Stats: .297/.396/.637. 50 HRs, 117 runs, 110 RBIs. 6.9 WAR, 7.3 oWAR, .431 wOBA. Skinny: Anderson's career year is often brushed aside because of the video-game stats that players in the mid-1990s and early 2000s produced and the fact that he never came close to duplicating his power numbers... (Gene Sweeney Jr., Baltimore Sun)

Stats: .323/.374/.566. 34 HRs, 99 runs, 114 RBIs. 11.5 WAR, 9.2 oWAR, .405 wOBA. Skinny: Ripken's 1991 MVP award was debated because he won it for a 95-loss, sixth-place team while runner-up Cecil Fielder played for a team that finished over .500. But there's no denying how tremendous Ripken...

Stats: .323/.374/.566. 34 HRs, 99 runs, 114 RBIs. 11.5 WAR, 9.2 oWAR, .405 wOBA. Skinny: Ripken's 1991 MVP award was debated because he won it for a 95-loss, sixth-place team while runner-up Cecil Fielder played for a team that finished over .500. But there's no denying how tremendous Ripken... (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun)

With another monstrous moonshot Wednesday night, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis moved into a tie for third place in franchise history for most home runs in a single season. Sitting at 46, he needs just one homer in each of the remaining five weeks to pass Brady Anderson's 50 from 1996 and...